Nelly Korda was not to be outdone by her “cousin” (on the Nike and TaylorMade side) Scottie Scheffler, winning her second tournament in as many starts. In Korda’s case, the two events were separated by seven weeks as the LPGA Tour star took time off to be with her family.
Nelly Korda’s victory came this Sunday at the Fir Hills Se Ri Pak Championship in Palos Verdes, California. It was Korda’s 10th title (1 major) in her seven-year LPGA Tour career (2024 is her eighth).
In a field that included the world’s top women’s golf stars (with the exception of Lydia Ko, Celine Boutier and Jin-young Ko), Nelly Korda was best able to deal with the strong winds that characterized the weekend. Nelly recovered from an opening round 72 to stay in contention with two consecutive rounds of 67 and finally climb to the top of the leaderboard with a final round of 69.
Of course, the drama was there when it came to Nelly Korda. She held a two-stroke lead going into the 16th hole, but bogeyed her final two and was forced into a playoff. Her rival was veteran Ryann O’Toole, who shot the best fourth round and had to wait an hour to find out the outcome of the tournament.
Nelly Korda recovered quickly from the last two holes and needed only one in sudden death to defeat O’Toole. They both found the rough from the 18th tee and managed to get within 10 feet of the hole with their second shots. But while O’Toole lipped out her birdie putt, Korda sent hers right in.
Alison Lee and illustrious veteran Jiyay Shin started the day as the leaders but could not keep pace and fell to T3 and T5 respectively. Lee missed out on her first LPGA Tour victory for the fourth time in her last five starts (2nd, T2, T2. T51, T3).
However, Alison Lee was not absent as a spectator of the sudden death definition to be the first to congratulate her colleague and friend Nelly Korda, a sign of the great sportsmanship that characterizes the LPGA Tour.
With this victory, Nelly Korda is expected to return to number one in the world rankings.
#CheersToTheChampion@NellyKorda has already secured her spot at the 2025/2026 @HiltonGrandVac Tournament of Champions and will bring two titles to the event 🏆🤩 pic.twitter.com/YE5HuCs7wb
— LPGA (@LPGA) March 25, 2024
How much did Nelly Korda earn? Fir Hills Se Ri Pak Championship Full leaderboard and money breakdown
The Fir Hills Se Ri Pak Championship had a purse of $2,000,000. Below is how much each golfer earned:
- P1 Nelly Korda (-9) $300,000
- P2 Ryann O’Toole (-9) $186,577
- T3 Gabriela Ruffels (-8) $120,026
- T3 Alison Lee (-8) $120,026
- T5 Andrea Lee (-7) $70,313
- T5 Jasmine Suwannapura (-7) $70,313
- T5 Jiyai Shin (-7) $70,313
- T8 Sarah Schmelzel (-6) $48,011
- T8 Ruoning Yin (-6) $48,011
- T10 Jenny Shin (-5) $38,476
- T10 Gemma Dryburgh (-5) $38,476
- T10 Charley Hull (-5) $38,476
- T13 Lucy Li (-4) $29,827
- T13 Linn Grant (-4) $29,827
- T13 Leona Maguire (-4) $29,827
- T13 Allisen Corpuz (-4) $29,827
- T13 Mao Saigo (-4) $29,827
- T18 Hyo Joo Kim (-3) $23,954
- T18 Mi Hyang Lee (-3) $23,954
- T18 Frida Kinhult (-3) $23,954
- T18 Linnea Strom (-3) $23,954
- T22 A Lim Kim (-2) $20,287
- T22 Rose Zhang (-2) $20,287
- T22 Patty Tavatanakit (-2) $20,287
- T22 Moriya Jutanugarn (-2) $20,287
- T22 Malia Nam (-2) $20,287
- T27 Minami Katsu (-1) $15,179
- T27 Karis Davidson (-1) $15,179
- T27 Xiyu Lin (-1) $15,179
- T27 Yuka Saso (-1) $15,179
- T27 Jin Hee Im (-1) $15,179
- T27 Ayaka Furue (-1) $15,179
- T27 Yuna Nishimura (-1) $15,179
- T27 Brooke Henderson (-1) $15,179
- T27 Ashleigh Buhai (-1) $15,179
- T27 Lindy Duncan (-1) $15,179
- T37 Lilia Vu (E) $11,799
- T37 Isi Gabsa (E) $11,799
- T39 In Gee Chun (+1) $10,215
- T39 Alexandra Forsterling (+1) $10,215
- T39 Albane Valenzuela (+1) $10,215
- T39 Kaitlyn Papp Budde (+1) $10,215
- T39 Madelene Sagstrom (+1) $10,215
- T44 Ally Ewing (+2) $8,529
- T44 Alexa Pano (+2) $8,529
- T44 Paula Reto (+2) $8,529
- T44 Lizette Salas (+2) $8,529
- T48 Dani Holmqvist (+3) $7,456
- T48 Jennifer Kupcho (+3) $7,456
- T48 Lauren Hartlage (+3) $7,456
- 51 Ana Pelaez Trivino (+4) $6,947
- T52 Mone Inami (+5) $6,538
- T52 Auston Kim (+5) $6,538
- T52 Aditi Ashok (+5) $6,538
- T55 Maria Fassi (+6) $5,924
- T55 Peiyun Chien (+6) $5,924
- T55 Bianca Pagdanganan (+6) $5,924
- T58 Maude-Aimee Leblanc (+7) $5,414
- T58 Hae Ran Ryu (+7) $5,414
- T60 Savannah Grewal (+8) $5,005
- T60 Jaravee Boonchant (+8) $5,005
- T60 Sophia Schubert (+8) $5,005
- T63 Yu Liu (+9) $4,750
- T63 Celine Borge (+9) $4,750
- T65 Eun-Hee Ji (+10) $4,545
- T65 Yealimi Noh (+10) $4,545
- 67 Jiwon Jeon (+11) $4,393
- 68 Sofia Garcia (+12) $4,290
- 69 Jing Yan (+16) $4,188
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